Bio
Sam Owen Hull is a contemporary artist working in Manchester.
Her work is an intuitive response to her world view and the increasing polarisation of society, examining the edges where opposing ideas meet. She uses the areas between surface and space, working at the intersection of painting and sculpture, fine art and craft. The speed of gestural painterly marks contrast with the slow precision of hand embroidery.
The construction of her work reflects the contradictions of our needs and desires from a macro to micro level - our incessant construction of borders and systems against a desire for freedom. Our contradictory relationship with nature. Presence and absence. Growth and decay. She is particularly interested in the edges where the urban meets the natural. Shifting colour and light are brought into the surfaces she constructs by the use of matte, satin and metallic thread.
Education
1990 - 1991
Winchester School Of Art, Foundation Art and Design
1991 - 1994
Manchester Metropolitan University, BA(Hons) Fine Art
Solo Exhibitions
2024 'Li / Lu', Waterside Arts Centre, Manchester
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024 The Manchester Contemporary, Manchester Central, Manchester
2024 AIR Open, Rogue Artists Studios, Manchester
2024 MacFarlanes/Clyde & Co Art Prize (with New Platform Art), London
2023 'Sight Ingested Part 1', Tokyo & Osaka, Ono Point Artspace, Yachiyo City Public Gallery, Japan
2023 Bury Open, Bury Art Museum, Manchester
2023 'Live With It', Mura Ma Artspace, Manchester
2023 'Abstract Perspectives', BSMT Space, London
2023 A Small Space, Square Feet Gallery, London
2023 'A Generous Space 3', Huddersfield Art Gallery, West Yorkshire
2023 Comme Ca x AWOL Open, Hope Mill, Manchester
2023 Royal Scottish Academy Open, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
2023 Warrington Contemporary Open, Warrington Museum and Art Gallery
2022 'A Generous Space 2', New Art Gallery, Walsall
2022 Expanded Painting, AIR Gallery, Altrincham, Cheshire
2021 'Ride Your Pony 04', Abingdon Studios and Project Space, Blackpool
2020 Warrington Contemporary Open, Warrington Museum and Art Gallery
2016 The Study, Manchester Museum
2005 Sculpture Trail at Hebden Bridge, Hardcastle Crags, West Yorkshire
2004. bART, various venues, Liverpool Biennial
2003 'Urban Abstraction', Par, St Petersburg, Russia
Press
The Hebden Bridge Sculpture Trail – Trudi Entwistle ISBN: 978-0-9553587-0-8